# 1940s SAILING SHIPS, AMERICA'S CUP RACE, SURFING & BOATING 78264

This late 1930s or early 1940s film AWAY WITH THE WIND features various ships and water activities. It includes rare footage of clipper ships at the 10 second mark, and square riggers. Fishing on the Grand Banks is seen at the 1:00 mark. The Gertrude L. Thebaud is seen at the 1:08 mark. This is an American fishing and racing schooner built and launched in Essex, Massachusetts in 1930. A celebrated racing competitor of the Bluenose, it was designed by Frank Paine and built by Arthur D. Story for Louis A. Thebaud, and named for his wife, Gertrude Thebaud. In their first meeting at Gloucester, Massachusetts, in October 1930, the Gertrude L. Thebaud bested the Bluenose 2-0 to win the Sir Thomas Lipton International Fishing Challenge Cup. However, in 1931, two races to none, and again in 1938, three races to two, the Bluenose defeated the Gertrude L. Thebaud to remain the undefeated holder of the International Fisherman's Trophy. At 1:40 various sailboat racing is shown, including at 1:50 racing on Long Island Sound. Long Beach is seen at 2:00, with spinnakers billowing in the wind. Newport Rhode Island and the America's Cup is seen at 2:50, with the Endeavour II and the Ranger competing. Ranger was a J-class racing yacht that successfully defended the 1937 America's Cup, defeating the British challenger Endeavour II 4-0 at Newport, Rhode Island. It was the last time J-class yachts would race for the America's Cup. At 3:40, Honolulu is seen with outrigger canoes and early…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/78264AwayWithTheWind)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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